The Parables are instructive stories that Jesus told while teaching His disciples and the crowds who came to hear Him.
Memory can be fickle. Facts and details fade despite our efforts to keep them fresh, but when they are wrapped in an exciting story we can recall them with clarity. Consequently, Jesus taught using stories - parables - so that our memories would be invigorated and we would remember these lessons for years, if not for a lifetime.
In A Matter of the Heart we will study eighteen parables Jesus taught. These are some of the most important, if not the most important...
The Parables are instructive stories that Jesus told while teaching His disciples and the crowds who came to hear Him.
Paul writes, "For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God" (1 Cor. 1:18, NASU).
The "word of the cross" is the unveiled story of the Gospel, our salvation. It speaks of God's purpose in the cross, the power of the cross, even the plan and mystery of the cross.
The cross is seen as either Foolishness or Power- foolishness by those who are perishing, those who have ignored God their entire life and yet think that they will, one day, live in His heaven. Whereas, to those who are being saved, the cross...
Paul writes, "For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God" (1 Cor. 1:...
